By Larry Keane
U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Halfway around the world, Ukrainians are exhibiting bravery and courage in the face of an invading Russian army.
Meanwhile here in America, the political party that supports disarming and restricting the Second Amendment rights of their country’s law-abiding citizens, and that pushes to defund law enforcement, would turn and flee if their country were invaded.
A majority of self-described Democrats, 52 percent, say they would leave the United States if America were being invaded rather than stay and fight.
Fight or Flight
The new Quinnipiac poll asked voters a hypothetical: Given what is happening in eastern Europe with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, “What would you do if you were in the same position as Ukrainians are now: stay and fight or leave the country?”
More than two-thirds of Republican voters, by a margin of 68-25, say they would stay and fight. A healthy majority of Independents would make a stand as well, 57-36. In a sad display, more than half of Democratic voters surveyed, 52-40, said they would flee.
Buoyed by the healthy margins of Republicans and Independents, altogether 55 percent of American voters said they’d fight rather than turn tail and run.
“When confronted with a terrible hypothetical that would put them in the shoes of the Ukrainians, Americans say they would stand and fight rather than seek safety in another country,” said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.
Democratic voters would not only hypothetically take flight, either. They and the gun control groups are – in reality – working to dismantle the Second Amendment and punish the industry that provides for the ability to exercise that right to purchase and possess firearms.
Real-Time Refresher
The Founding Fathers preserved the right to keep and bear arms in law for good reason. Russia’s authoritarian leader Vladimir Putin ordered his army to invade neighboring Ukraine, believing taking control over more territory would be an easy task. Ukrainians had other ideas. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emboldened his citizens.
“We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country. Be ready to support Ukraine in the squares of our cities,” President Zelenskyy tweeted. “Don’t panic. We are strong. We are ready for everything. We will defeat everyone. Because we are Ukraine.”
They’ve valiantly held back advances by Russia and Ukrainian leaders empowered their citizens to take up arms and fight for their country. Other countries have donated and shipped more arms for Ukrainians to use, including the United States.
Civilians who have never held a firearm arm before are quickly receiving training. Oleksandr Krasivskiy, a Ukrainian sales manager, said, “Here we receive more of the tactical training. How to move with the gun. How to operate it in building with the gun.
What should we expect when we are in the combat situation. It’s totally new for me. I’ve never done this before and never interested before this whole situation started,” he said.
Women aren’t running either.
“Nine days ago I was teacher of makeup,” added Territorial Army Volunteer Svetlana Kalanova. “There’s no purpose for why they do this. I want to fight also because this is my country, this is my home. Everything is here.”
Operating her firearm has become second nature to her in short time.
Reinforcements On The Way
Much of America believes so strongly in the Second Amendment here at home that they’re helping Ukrainians defend their country with arms and munitions. NASCAR legend Richard Childress, along with AMMO Inc., donated 1 million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition to Ukraine, as did Vista Outdoor’s family of ammunition manufacturers of Remington, CCI, Speer and Federal Ammunition. Adams Arms announced they’re shipping rifles to help the effort. Several other members of the firearm and ammunition industry are assisting too.
“This is a wake-up call for America, and why we have to have our Second Amendment…To see the people in Ukraine fighting — it’s terrible to see the lives that are being lost over there,” Childress told Fox News.
Elections Have Consequences
“That will never happen here,” is a far too common thought. Ukrainians are experiencing it now with the invasion by Russia. Canadians are getting a taste as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked Canada’s Emergency Powers Act to trample on the rights of Canadians for 30 days and they’re facing a looming mandatory gun confiscation deadline.
The truth is gun control and their allied elected officials scheme every day to extinguish the Second Amendment. When legislative efforts to impose more gun restrictions fail, gun control goes a different route. Financial service providers, banks and corporate boardrooms are implementing gun control by discriminating against and inhibiting lawful businesses that provide a Constitutionally-protected right to own firearms. The firearm industry is fighting back on this new angle of attack through state and federal-level financial industry nondiscrimination legislation. However it’s voters who will ultimately tell gun control politicians what to do with their restrictions.
Support by voters for more gun control is the lowest levels in years, while lawful firearm purchases have hit record highs. Americans are seeing in real time just how fragile their rights can be if they aren’t willing to fight for them.
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This is not even hypothetical. The USA is currently being “invaded” from our southern border and the Democrats are letting them in. Their work done in blue states, they leave for the red states in an attempr to turn them purple or red. Not only are they cowardly, they are abeting the enemy. If we are not vigilant, the entire country will become California or New York.
First The global community that wants to control the worlds Agenda had nine plus months to act before Putin attacked the Ukraine. Democrats here in the United States are the majority in power the Biden Administration has proved incapable of making decision that are not flawed all have resulted in failure. The poll that said most democrats would flee shouldn’t surprise anyone if our country was attacked. I think it read that they would flee to Canada a socialist run country today. After the events last month we all now clearly understand that Canada has fallen. Crossing the line from… Read more »
This is why they’ll never be successful at taking our guns away. None of them are willing to physically fight us for them like we are willing to fight to keep them. That’s why they scoff at “Come And Take It”. They know they’re cowards who would never have the guts to try. Their only hope is having enough people who are willing to fight us for a paycheck. When it gets real, we’ll see how many are willing to die for that paycheck.
The Progressive New Left was founded in anti-nationalism, anti-Americanism and pro-communism in the late 1960’s so it is no wonder their ideology and premises are ubiquitous in our failed republic. The Billy Ayers crowd not only took over public education in the 1980’s but they took over the once-democratic party and made it their tool to deconstruct the greatest Constitutional Republic known to man. Their handiwork has made serfs of a large percentage of our population and they import more every day across the borders they have erased. And folks who call themselves conservatives are just now waking up to… Read more »
To those democrats: do not wait for invasion, flee the country now!
I am disgusted by that nutless coward occupying the White House. The United States, the only remaining super power, cowers in fear that Russia and Putin, a schoolyard bully, might take a swing at us. We should have planted our Doc Martin up Putin’s ass by now. We could roll this mess up by Christmas.
I’m surprised that the number of cowards in both parties is so low. From what I’ve seen in the last 50 years living in this country in several states is that we have become a nation comprised mostly of men, the majority of whom, lack both a spine and balls and have to squat to pee.
with the way they are running the country that may well be the case, so why don’t they flee now and get it over with? leftists do nothing to contribute to the advancement of America. they only seek to tear it apart by pitting one group against another, that is their modus operandi.
good luck and good riddance lefties.
Not just Dems. A significant minority of Republicans and independents also. I wouldn’t put too much stock in the veracity of such a small survey. Most people don’t really know what they would do in a particular situation until actually confronted with it. There are also an awful lot of jingoistic armchair warriors out there, wrapping themselves in the flag with false bravado. I’m not sure I would want to count on many of them in a pinch. I also don’t think courage is a function of political ideology. In Ukraine there are fascists fighting right alongside socialists against the… Read more »
A very well written and factual article. The poling results show who would defend the U.S.A., and those who wouldn’t. Shame on those who won’t defend this great country if necessary. Look at Ukrainians who are defending their country against the Russian Army. Many Ukrainians aren’t in the military they are ordinary citizens and they are learning how to use weapons to fight. They know what oppression is like and they have lived under in previously. For those who would not defend this country, leave and go to some socialist, totalitarian, communistic country or regime and stay there, don’t come… Read more »